Seveso

Seveso is a common Italian of 18.726 inhabitants located in the Province of Milan and in the area of Lombardy. Its name is that of the homonymous river which crosses the commune in the North-South direction.

It is especially known since the Catastrophe of Seveso, industrial Catastrophe occurred the July 10th 1976 and which saw a cloud of Dioxine being spread in the surroundings after the Explosion of the chemical plant Icmesa located in the city close to Meda.

It is attached since to the European directive 96/82/CE which imposes in particular the census of the industrial plants presenting of the big risks.

Geography

The city is located, to 21 km in the north of Milan, on the trunk road Statale dei Giovi which connects Milan to Like and by the Autoroute Milan-Meda. It is also served by Railroad, by the Northern Ferrovie Milano.

The communal territory, very urbanized, is bordering in north on the communes of Barlassina, Meda and Seregno, and in the south of Cesano Maderno.

History

The origins of Seveso go back to the Gallo-Roman period, about the third century before Jesus-Christ, when were located certain zones of the Brianza of the military campings which were used for the conquest of the area.

Towards 780 was founded the monastery of Meda whose jurisdiction also extended to the current territory from Seveso, at the time populated by the “unpleasant ones” which cultivated the tere.

In 1252, the construction of the church Saint-Pierre Martyr ( S. Pietro Martire ), in homage to the Dominican brother Pietro de Vérone, assassinated in Seveso, marks the starting point of the autonomous development of the city.

The city was struck at the 16th century by two episodes of famine and Peste in 1524 and 1576.

During the XVIIe century, the city was directed by several families, of which Arese which left the most outstanding monuments.

In 1798, the sovereign Giuseppe II, Republic cisalpine wanted by Napoleon, ordered in Dominican to give up the convent and the sanctuary of Saint-Pierre.

During the unification of the kingdom of Italy, the territory of Barlassina was attached to Seveso, but this decision was badly lived by the populations and the two communes were again separate in 1901.

Economy

The economy of the city is traditionally related to the industry of the Meuble.

Other sectors present at Seveso: Mechanical engineering industry, construction materials, Distribution.

Administration

Hamlets

Altopiano, Baruccana, San Pietro

Communes bordering

Meda, Seregno, Barlassina, Cogliate, Cesano Maderno

External bond

Town of Seveso, official site (in Italian)

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